When Alice Bliss learns that her father, matt, is being deployed to iraq, she's heartbroken. Alice idolizes her father, loves working beside him in their garden, accompanying him on the occasional roofing job, playing ba...When Alice Bliss learns that her father, matt, is being deployed to iraq, she's heartbroken. Alice idolizes her father, loves working beside him in their garden, accompanying him on the occasional roofing job, playing baseball. When he ships out, alice is faced with finding a way to fill the emptiness he has left behind.